Pulley cover



July 27 `1926.

A. G. CARTER PULLEY COVER Filed May 11. 1925 y nllffllllllllflglll J1 TTRNEYA Patented July 27, i925.

Flwill?t www" ANDREW G. CARTER, OF GRAND RAPDS, MICHIGAN.

PU'LLEY COVER.

Application filed May 11, 1925.

The present invention relates to pulley covers; and its object is to provide such covers improved in various respects hereinafter appearing.

This and any other and more specific ob-` jects hereinafter appearing are attained by, and the invention finds preferable embodiment in, the structure or structures hereinafter particularly described in the body of this specification and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side View of a pair of pulleys and a band saw carried thereon;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view of the felloe or rim of a band saw-pulley and parts carried thereby;

Figure 8 is another transverse sectional view of such a felloe and parts carried therem by taken on another axial plane;

Figure 4 is another transverse sectional` view of such a felloe illustrating a method of securing the same to the spolres of the pulley;

Figure 5 is a viewL of a portion of the wide thin metallic band in the middle of the pulley cover;

Figure 6 is a view of a modified construction of means for mounting the pulley cover on the pulley, looking toward the pulleys axis;

Figure 7 is a transverse sectional view of the same and of the pulley cover carried thereby, taken on line 7 7 of Figure G;

Figure 8 is a view of a portion of the same parts, looking toward the pulleys axis; and

Figure 9 is a side view of the same.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated by the drawings, a band-saw 1 is shown carried by the pulleys 2, 2. These pulleys are provided with flexible and resilient pulley covers, designated generally 3, carrying the band saw, these pulley covers comprising a. wide, thin, flexible but nonstretchable metallic band 4 having perforations 5, a fibrous envelop 6 made of canvas or the like surrounding this band, and an outer envelop 7 of rubber molded around the same and preferably in such manner that the rubber may permeate the fibrous envelop 6 and engage in the perforations 5, causing the fabric adjacent these perfora'tions to be pressed into engagement with the l erforations, to hold the envelops from slipping on this metallic band.

It will be seen that a pulley cover is thus Serial No. 29,638.

provided having a rigidity lengthwise and edgewise sufficient to maintain the tire in proper form, the pulley cover being never theless sufliciently flexible and resilient in the radial directions of the pulleys on which it is carried to properly `cushion the saw in its operation. The pulleys felloe 8 is so formed that the pulley cover may be readily mounted thereon and demounted, and when mounted may be held against edgewise movement.

lin Figure 2, a felloe is shown having a `body portion 9 with a peripheral surface 10 extending from one side 11 of the pulley inclinedly toward the pulleys axis and toward a plane extending transversely of said axis intermediate (midway between) the pulleys opposite sides 11, 12, This felloe has a concentric circular socket 13 extending radially from its periphery, and in the axial direction of the pulley from its side 12. An annular member 14 is carried in this socket slidably in the direction of the pulleys axis, and has a peripheral surface 15 extending from the side 12 of the pulley inclinedly toward the pulleys axis and toward said plane, the peripheral surface 15 of this annular member being thus inclined oppositely to the peripheral surface 10 of the body portion 9 of the felloe. rlhreaded means, as the screw 16 passing through the annular mein-- ber 14 and threaded in the body portion 9 of the felloe, serves to detachably connect these parts together and to slide and hold the annular member in a position properly retaining the pulley cover edgewise on the pulley.

ln Figures 6, 7, 8 and 9, a modified construction is shown particularly well adapted for the application of my pulley holding means to a pulley having a felloe 81 whose periphery is cross-sectionally fiat. In this construction, a pair of annular members 141 are applied to and carried by the felloes peripheral surface 17 slidably in the pulleyfs axial direction. A. clamp comprising a pair of clamp members 18, 1S engage at their outer ends these annular members respectively, and ext-end laterally of the felloe and then approachingly along its inner side to angularly disposed inner ends 19, 19 threaded to receive the turnbuclle 20 which may be turned to draw these clamp members together. These annular members 141 are shown provided with peripheral surfaces 21 22 disposed similarly to the surfaces 15 and 10 of the annular memberland body portion `9` respectively ofthe construction shown in other views.

The annular member 141-is provided'vvith a recess 24C and the elloe 81 With a registering recess 25 in which engage the radiallyextending portion 26 of the clamp member 18, in order to hold the annular-member against turning on the felloe.

Radially extending circular ribsf2'7 may be provided to morev securelyhold thepulley covers against edgevvise movement.

A method for securely lfastening the pulleys spokes 28in the elloe` is shown in Figure 4, the felloe 82-`having an opening 29 tapering toward thepulleys axis. The shouldered end 30 of the spokes inserted into this opening, whereupon-awedge -`31 is :details of.'constructionf oany particular embodiment thereof illustrated by the drawngsfor hereinbefore described.

I claim:

Aresilientpulley-cover comprising a Wide thin perforated non-stretchable metallic band, a fibrous envelop therearound and a rubber lenvelop molded around the iibrous envelop insuch manner as to permeate the same and engage in the perforations of said band.

In testimony Whereof have hereunto set my hand at Grand Rapids, Michigan, this 8th day of May, 1925.

ANDREW G. 'CARTER 

